Everyone has a shared responsibility for safeguarding and creating safe, enjoyable environments in Orienteering whether as an Orienteer, parent, coach, club official or spectator. At our club we want you to feel safe and welcome and we encourage you to raise any concerns you have or incidents you witness at the earliest opportunity to our Club Welfare Officer or British Orienteering’s Lead Safeguarding Officer. Our club is committed to the principles of safeguarding both adults and children and our Club Welfare Officer is always there if you need any support or would like any advice.
Further information is available on British Orienteering's Safeguarding pages.
All reports are taken seriously and dealt with in a sensitive manner. Should you wish to report a concern or incident please contact either Holly Curtis (our welfare officer) at welfare@ouoc.org.uk or contact British Orienteering's Lead Safeguarding Officer, Jeanette Downing - 07891 091662 - safeguarding@britishorienteering.org.uk
'This includes any concerns about the welfare or safeguarding of either children and/or adults, both within orienteering and outside of orienteering. All reports will be logged in confidence with the Lead Safeguarding Officer who will also explain the processes which will be followed depending on each case.
If you have want to share a Welfare concern anonymously, the anonymous welfare form (below) which will go to our Welfare Rep Holly Curtis is available.
In addition to contacting the Club Welfare Officer or Lead Safeguarding Officer, you can report a concern or incident online. British Orienteering has introduced an incident reporting form which can be used to make immediate reports to the Lead Safeguarding Officer. On completion of this form the Lead Safeguarding Officer will follow up with you directly.
There is also a link to the word version of the reporting form on the British Orienteering website. Please email your concerns to either your Club Welfare Officer or the Lead Safeguarding Officer as soon as possible. If you need any advice on how to complete a form or what you should do if someone reports something to you, this short video will help you.
As a club, we support and follow British Orienteering’s two safeguarding policies, these can be found via the links below:
Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy
For further information including resources and training opportunities visit the British Orienteering website or contact the Lead Safeguarding Officer.